3 Reasons to Speak with a Mortgage Consultant

by Admin on August 17, 2011

by Josh Ben-David

Israel’s mortgage industry can be very difficult to navigate. With over 30 loan products available, ranging from low rates and high risk to higher rates and no risk, securing a mortgage tailor-fitted to the borrower’s needs can translate into a savings of tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of shekels over the life of the loan.

The following are 3 reasons why you should consider seeking help from a mortgage consultant: [read more…]

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Calculating Vacation & Havra’a

by Admin on July 20, 2011

by Moshe Egel-Tal, CSPP & CEO Israpay

Havra’a is a mandatory payment by law. It is paid annually to all employees who have at least one year’s tenure with their current employer. There are several rates (for private and public sector) and they are updated each year in June.

The current rate (June 2011) in the private sector is 365 shekels per day. Employees are allotted days according to their tenure as follows: [read more…]

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Summer Youth Employment

July 17, 2011

by Moshe Egel-Tal, CSPP & CEO Israpay Just in time for the summer vacation! Make sure your teenage kids who found a summer-time job are paid according to the law. Effective July 2011, the new minimum wages for youth are as follows: apprentices = 14.22 shekels per hour up to age 16 = 16.59 shekels [...]

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Where in the World Does One Find an Army…

July 9, 2011

Where in the world does one find an army that concerns itself with the happiness of its soldiers to the point that it connects them with families to make them feel at home when they’re away from their own families? Imagine an army… where the commanding officer phones and interviews families to ensure a good [...]

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Shipping to Israel

June 5, 2011

It’s that time of year again when all the new olim are in high stress mode of packing, shipping, landing and acclimating into Israeli society! It’s an exciting time for them and for those of us who’ve already experienced the roller coaster ride and want to help ease the transition as much as possible. So [...]

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Aliyah: Choosing a Community

May 15, 2011

Congratulations! Mazal Tov! You’ve come to the conclusion that you have a strong desire to make Aliyah and now you need to take care of the logistics. I’ve been hearing from a lot of you lately and although I’d like to be able to respond to each of your needs individually I just don’t have [...]

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What are YOU waiting for?

May 6, 2011

NBN just launched a really cute new video called Aliyah Down the Line And it made me think of all my friends back in the U.S. who dream of Aliyah “sometime” in the future, but first they need to ____________(fill in the blank). Print PDF

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Rebuilding

May 1, 2011

We’re in the process of rebuilding the Aliyah Handbook in a more user-friendly format. The Almost Eden blog has moved. If you’d like to be notified when it’s back online, please subscribe to our feed. Thank You Print PDF

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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

March 3, 2011

I’ve received a lot of great feedback from yesterday’s post (Are you Too Old to Make Aliyah?), thanks to all of you who wrote to me offline. Since you’re already in that change state of mind (if you’re considering Aliyah, that is), another useful exercise to consider is that of carefully assessing your skills, hobbies [...]

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Are You Too Old to Make Aliyah?

March 2, 2011

There has been a very popular discussion thread taking place on the Nefesh B’Nefesh LinkedIn group for more than 2 weeks regarding older olim, employment and living in the northern part of Israel. There were more than 100 comments when I logged in tonight and I became concerned about an air of negativity that was [...]

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